Carney Update

I know it's been awhile since I last posted, and a LOT has gone on since then...

1- Lexi had a blast on her "Golden" 2nd birthday. We had her party on her actual birthday, July 2nd, and we went to the splash park in Rexburg with some friends 2- Pat, Alexa and I went to the Tetons with Pat's family over the 4th of July weekend. We had so much fun conoeing, roasting s'mores, and other camping activites!! The highlight of the weekened trip was probably Pat and I falling into a freezing cold lake b/c some stupid speed boaters came zooming by and we got caught in the wake and flipped. And me, not such a good swimmer panicked a little but a nice couple picked us up in their boat. We were not expecting to go swimming that day so we had all our clothes on and all our other clothes were 45 mintues away in the cabin we stayed at. But all in all, it was still fun!

3- Spring 2010 semester ended on July 23rd. I got a 3.8 GPA and Pat did pretty good as well :o)

4- One week after the semester ended, Lexi was telling me, while eating breakfast, she wanted to go see "Ga'ma Kafi" (Grandma Kathi, Pats mom). I told Pat, and he said, OKAY! Let's leave today! ...And we did! We left last Thursday, and have been here since :oD

First night in Colorado, I went to my sister's Bunko group, which is sooo fun! I want to start one in Rexburg if people are interested! We ate dinner, socialized and was able to meet my new nephew, Tristan, for the first time. He is such a cutie!!

Second night, I went to the play, South Pacific, which was really good! And had dinner at the Chop House in Denver beforehand. It was a great night!

Today, we took Alexa to the Zoo for the first time. She had so much fun! I'll try to post pics asap. We were only there for abotu 4 hours and didnt even see the whole zoo, but everyone was pooped by the end of our trip. Lexi rarely falls asleep in her stroller anymore, but she was out for the count before we exited the zoo, and was sawing logs the whole way home!

Ready for the Zoo!

Lexi looking at an armadillo

After a long day at the zoo...

And besides all those things, we've visited with family a lot, went to 2 of my favorite places to eat, Chipotle and Noodles and Co., jumped on my sister's trampoline, roasted mallows and had s'mores, went to this place called, Monkey Business, a really cool indoor play place for kids, and a ton more things that make me miss living in a place with CIVILIZATION!!! :o( Only 2 more years of our Rexburg "sentence" and we will be outta there!! YAY!

Playing at "Little Monkey Business"

Jumping on the trampoline

New Bike and POTTY!!

Lexi just got her very first tricycle for her birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Carney! It is so nice because Pat or I can push and steer with the attached handle! Its great! Daddy put it together today, (this is the first thing Pat's really put together that required time and tools, which now makes him an "official" daddy ;o) ...anyway, we took it around the block and I had to bribe Lex with M&Ms to get her off the bike!
Then later, we went to dinner with some friends at Famous Daves. After we ate, Lexi said she wanted to use the potty. I took her into the bathroom and sat her on the toilet, not knowing if she would actually use the potty, but low and behold, SHE WENT POTTY ON THE TOILET FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! YAY! We were so proud of her, (and Lex was very proud of herself too! She kept saying "Potty", and throwing her hands in the air and saying "Whoo-hoo", just like I had said lol) We went to store and bought her some Dora panties to celebrate, and the whole way home she kept telling us about the Dora panties and how she went potty. It was so cute! I'm looking forward to the day when we dont have to buy so many diaps for da Lex! :o)

David Archuleta Concert

I can now say that I've attended my first concert! YAY! Go me!! I went to see David Archuleta and the opening act was David Osmond, so I got to see two famous people! It was so much fun!!

Fly Swatting Pictures

Here are some pictures of Lexi doing some more Fly Swatter Painting in our backyard...She Loved it!!

And here she decided to do some body painting...

And here is a video

Then...later than day, Lexi and her friend, Dalyn went swimming in our backyard, So cute!

Fly Swatter Painting

For my class, curriculum for young children, we were assigned to create an art project for preschoolers and bring a sample of it for class next week. I decided that I would do a "Fly Swatter" painting and who better to help than Alexa?! She loved it! She thought it was pretty funny to dip a fly swatter in paint then WACK the paper with it! It got pretty messy but I think she enjoyed it! :o) And this is all for a grade?!? Can't be much better than that!! :oD

Sorry I didn't take any pictures...NEXT TIME!!

Back at BYU-Idaho

School started almost 3 weeks ago and we have been going ever since! We had to unpack the two days before school started and havent touched the remainder of it since...(whoops). I am taking classes mostly for my major, child development, and one for my minor/cluster, home and family. They are, Curriculum for young children, which I LOVE, Adolescent Development, and Infant/Toddler Development, which I also like! They are a lot of work, but I love learning about those sort of things! Pat is taking a bit more than me, but he is doing very well, and actually doing his homework!! ;o) He's taking calculus, a computer science class, english, racquetball, and world religions.

We have been taking Alexa to her friend, Brylie's house when Pat and my classes overlap. I then watch Brylie, while her mom does her online classes, the other days. It's been nice to have friends here already so we can swap babysitting. But it seems like many of our other friends are graduating and will be leaving soon :'o( But I guess that's what happens when you take a whole year off like we did. BUT... I should be graduating soon! Even if I go part-time, I should graduate December 2011, so the end is near! On the other hand, Pat just changed his major from business, to Computer Science and now has a ton more credits...but I'm hoping it will REALLY pay off in the end! We hope to get out of here before Alexa starts Kindergarden, if that says anything.... *sigh*

Carney Update

I know I haven't been very good about keeping our blog updated lately, so I guess now's the time to get caught up, and I'll try to not make it a novel...

First of all, we are now officially moved out of Iowa (but I wont say that I'm glad about that, because really, I'm not) :o( We left Saturday late evening and drove to Omaha where we stayed the night. It was only about a 4 hour drive which wasn't that bad. However, Sunday we drove to Colorado which took about 8 hours, and man, I felt evey minute of that!
We will leave for Rexburg (to finish school) in a few days while we rest up from our previous 12 hour trip.
I know I am definitely going to miss Iowa. I really, really liked it there and I loved the people too! Maybe someday when Pat and I finish our degrees, we can move back there? But who knows...

School will start April 20th at BYU-Idaho, which is right around the corner. It's been awhile since I've been in school so hopefully I will be able to keep up with the senior level classes I'm supposed to take! :o/ I'm still majoring in Child Development, and Pat has decided to change his major from Business Management to Computer Science, which means we will be in Rexburg for the next few years, but I think (and hope) that it will pay off in the end!

I know I've probably said this more than once, but Lex has been growing like crazy lately!! She's saying a lot more words now and will try to immate our words. She's definitely growing into an independent little girl! She's discovered the word "No" and will use it often!! She likes to play dress up a lot and try on new clothes! (or old ones that I'm trying to fold) Her hair is growing more and more out of control but she does have the PRETTIEST little curls in the back that I don't want to cut off, fearing that they might go straight, like mine did when I was little.
Her favorite animal, BY FAR, is a cat! She has her beloved stuffed "kitty cat" that she drags with her everywhere! and whenever she sees a cat, she gets all excited and squeals. Oh and she spent Easter with her cousin Amberly which was a lot of fun for the both of them.

Karena and Jason, (and Amberly) came up to Iowa a few days before Easter to visit Jason's grandparents who loved only a few hours west of us, and then decided to stop by good old Cedar Rapids to see us! :o) It was a blast. I'll try to post some pictures as soon as I can of their visit!

My hair-bow business has picked up quite a bit! I've almost had the same amount of orders in three months this year, as I did all of last year!! So I've been pretty busy making bows lately, but I love doing it, so I cant complain ;o)

Well that's us in a nutshell thus far... I'll try to be better about posting more frequently so I dont have to write another novel ;o) And pictures will be coming soon!!